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Definition of Splinting
1. splint [v] - See also: splint
Medical Definition of Splinting
1. The immobilisation of a joint or injury site so that healing can take place. Many bony fractures are splinted in the first 24-48 hours to accommodate for swelling, prior to the application of a rigid circular (plaster) cast. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Splinting
Literary usage of Splinting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technic and scope of cast gold and porcelain inlays with a chapter on by Herman E. S. Chayes (1918)
"CHAPTER XVII THE splinting OF LOOSE TEETH BY MEANS ... Particularly does this
apply to the splinting of anterior upper or lower teeth. ..."
2. Journal of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States by Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Meeting (1905)
"If the case treated happens to be a fracture of the femur, the stretcher alone
without other splinting" is suffi- Apron as applied to the standard Army ..."
3. Orthopedic Surgery for Practitioners by Henry Ling Taylor, Charles Ogilvy, Fred Houdlett Albee (1909)
"splinting IN GENERAL Splints are used to fix joints in the posture of choice or
to control pressure and the amount and direction of motion. ..."
4. Skin Grafting for Surgeons and General Practitioners by Leonard Freeman (1912)
"this method has .a number of advantages, among which are the removal of fluids
by capillary suction, the splinting of the grafts, and the prevention of ..."
5. Principles of War Surgery Based on the Conclusions Adopted at the Various by United States Surgeon-General's Office (1918)
"... focus may be disinfected more readily. The foot is restored to its normal
position after 8 to 15 days. VI. INTERNAL splinting IN WAK FRACTURES (PSEU- ..."
6. Elementary Bandaging & Surgical Dressing by Walter Pye (1897)
"OP THE IMMEDIATE TREATMENT OF FRACTURES, IMPROVISED splinting, ETC. THE first
time the student makes a post mortem examination on a recent case of fracture, ..."
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